Ebf baby- overactive letdown-discouraged-need advice!

hey girls- feeling extremely discouraged- my milk literally squirts out like a firehouse and my poor 4 week old baby chokes and cries on my breast. Have seen lactation consultant who taught me laid back bf but even that seemed to stop working. My breasts are large and soft and her face sinks in to them and covers her nose. She has explosive poops every time I feed her, spits up every time. Let's go of nip and cries (has gained over a pound in 4 weeks) How can I get through this...is overactive let down temporary? Has anyone overcame overactive letdown/overproduction? Have any encouraging stories? Has anything helped? At what point should i start exclusively pumping :/

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Side lying nursing should help. You get the same effect as reclined nursing only it is easier for her.

I had extreme overactive letdown. It does eventually go away but it takes a long time. Are you pumping now? If you are, that is most likely the source of the problem. DO NOT PUMP. Hand express if you can or remove her as soon as you have your letdown and spray into a bottle or towel.

The explosive poops are pretty normal, unless they are green and frothy or have blood in them. Babies don't have control over that and nursing helps move the muscles. My son pooped every time he nursed for months.

I have thus issue. Baby is 7 weeks and it'sgotten better. I to have squishy boobs and laid back nursing just doesn't work for us. Now I lay him in the cross cradle hold but when I feel my letdown start I tilt him up so he is as upright add possible. It's kind of a pain bury I only have to do it in the beginning. Once the letdown calms down I can lay him Bsck down again to finish. Sorry for all the typos!

My baby girl was pooping "green shaving cream," it literally looked like shaving cream when she poo'ed. Green frothy cream. Anyhow, it was overactive letdown/supply that was causing numerous issues. I blocked nursed and pumped off the watery milk b/f feeding her. I fed her off one side during the day, and then the other side at night until each boob felt empty. I would pump a tiny bit b/f feeding her to get my first letdown out of the way; it was always the strongest, so to get that out of the way, helped both of us so much. The block nurisng calmed down my oversupply issue. She was a MUCH happier baby in about a week. The "shaving cream" poo vanished as well.

I second laying down. It was less comfy for me overtime, but helped baby tremendously. Also, when I had to be upright, I used the side of a ha,d to press the top of my breast... Like kinking a hose. It seemed to help. ...
We are at 4 months now, and doing much better most days.

I realized a few days ago that this was my problem too. I've also started block feeding, switching boobs every 4 hours, and within two days my supply finally became manageable. This is the only thing that's truly helped.

I'm just waiting on some weight gain. With my first, he had gained 5 lbs in the first month, but this second one had only gained 3 oz after 2.5 weeks because she was only getting foremilk and no one had told me about overactive letdown.

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